Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Porter, James H., 1981 

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JAMES HARVEY PORTER

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for James Harvey Porter, 65, was held Wednesday 
at 2 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Revs. Arthur W. Green and 
Kenneth Williams.  Burial was in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms.

   Porter died Monday in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Callie Mae 
Fuller Porter.

   He was a retired merchant and drove a Southampton County school bus for 33 
years.

   He was a Army veteran of World War II and a member of Newsoms United 
Church, Disabled American Veterans, Virginia Beach Chapter, and American 
Legion Post 276.

   Other survivors include a brother, Walter L. Porter of Newsoms; stepmother, 
Mrs. Lorena Miles Beale of Boykins; and nieces and nephews.


[James Harvey PORTER, retired merchant & Southampton Co. school bus driver, 
 WW-II Army veteran, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 17 Aug 1981, at home, age 65, 
 interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms, 19 Aug 1981, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 20, 1981, p. 9] 

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